How to cook a sea cocktail in a creamy sauce

Cooking seafood is not so difficult if you use semi-finished products. This method allows you to make excellent dishes in just a few minutes. Take, for example, a sea ​​cocktail in a creamy sauce.

Like in a restaurant

There is a fairly simple way that allows you to cook a real table decoration from a mixture of seafood. For work you will need: 1 kilogram of frozen sea cocktail, 1 lemon, 2 cloves of garlic, a glass of 15% cream, salt, 15 grams of olive oil, a couple of tablespoons of soy sauce, sugar, green onions, spices and herbs (parsley).

Cooking process:

1. Defrost a cocktail. It is better to do this naturally without resorting to hot water or a microwave. Then wash the products well and dry with a paper towel.
2. Cut the peeled garlic into pieces and fry for 5-6 minutes in oil in a pan. After that, put the remaining garlic on a saucer and remove to the side.
3. In the same oil, fry the chopped onion over low heat until soft.
4. Pour the cream into the pan and slowly bring them to a boil.
5. Add half of the soy sauce there, let the mixture boil again.
6. Pour lemon juice into the boiling mass and let it boil again.
7. Now carefully place the sea cocktail in the hot mixture. Then add spices to taste, as well as salt and sugar according to the recipe. The resulting mass should boil a little.
8. In a boiling mass put the remains of soy sauce and herbs.

It turns out a very delicious sea cocktail in a creamy sauce, which will be a great addition to rice or spaghetti. Or you can simply put it in a bowl and serve it as an independent dish.

Whip up exotic dish

To speed up the process, a sea cocktail in a creamy sauce can be prepared separately. You will need the following products: 600 grams of a seafood cocktail, 1 egg, a glass of cream, vegetable oil, a teaspoon of starch, ½ teaspoon of sugar, zest of half a lemon, salt, 2 teaspoons of mustard, pepper.

Process description:

1. Fry seafood in oil. If you get a lot of liquid, then it is better to drain it.
2. To prepare the sauce, beat the egg with salt and cream. Then, without stopping the process, add the remaining components according to the recipe. Put the mixture in a water bath and heat until the sauce has finally thickened.

Put the prepared sea cocktail in a creamy sauce on a plate. Pour sauce next to it. Everything is prepared very simply, however, you have to tinker a bit with the sauce. With so many products, you get a wonderful dinner for the whole family. If guests are expected in the house, then the number of products just needs to be increased.

It tastes better with fish

In order to make a delicious sea cocktail in cream sauce at home , recipes you can choose the most unusual. For example, add fish. It will turn out pretty interesting. For work, you will definitely need: 300 grams of a sea cocktail and trout fillet, one glass of sour cream, 150 grams of cream, 2 glasses of cold milk, vegetable oil, 100 grams of wheat flour, salt and 3 onions.

Cooking is as follows:

1. First you need to make the sauce. To do this, cut the onion into cubes and fry it a little in vegetable oil. Pour cream and sour cream there.
2. Slowly introduce flour into the boiling mixture. At this time, the contents of the pan must be constantly stirred. Let the mass boil for about 6 minutes. The sauce is ready.
3. Now you can start the main products. Cut the fillet into pieces and, together with the thawed seafood, put in boiling milk, simmer all together for 10 minutes.
4. Add the cooked sauce, salt and boil for another 5-7 minutes.

To the table, the dish can be served in soup plates, sprinkled with plenty of sauce.

With a simple side dish

The most delicious is a sea cocktail in a creamy sauce with pasta. To prepare the dish you will need the following set of ingredients: 0.5 kilograms of pasta, 400 grams of sea cocktail, a glass of cream, 1 onion, 3-4 cloves of garlic, 250 grams of Parmesan cheese, salt, a bunch of basil, 2 pinches of ground nutmeg and pepper.

The process technology looks something like this:

1. Put the pasta in a separate saucepan.
2. Fry chopped garlic lightly in a pan in oil. After 1 minute add the onions, cut into cubes.
3. As soon as the onion begins to darken, pour the cream and warm the mixture for a couple of minutes over low heat, avoiding boiling.
4. Put seafood in a pan with brine.
5. Add basil leaves to the mixture and let it languish, stirring occasionally.
6. Now the mass needs to be slightly diluted by adding half a glass of plain water.
7. Rinse the pasta and put it back into the pan. Pour the ready boiling sauce there, mix and leave to simmer for a couple of minutes.

Now you can turn off the fire, let the dish stand for 3 minutes and boldly lay out on plates, sprinkled with plenty of grated cheese.

Household appliances

Appliances in the kitchen are never superfluous. Any hostess can confirm this. It only helps to quickly cope with the task and make the work in the kitchen more enjoyable and less time consuming. Very quickly preparing a sea cocktail in a creamy sauce in a slow cooker. The following products should be on the table: 300 grams of sea cocktail, 250 grams of pasta (1 pack), 2 cloves of garlic, 2 medium tomatoes, 2 cups of the most creamy cream, water, vegetable oil, Parmesan cheese.

Cooking is immediately carried out in a slow cooker:

1. Pour oil into a bowl and add chopped garlic. Set the mode "Frying" and leave the food for 6 minutes.
2. Add randomly chopped tomatoes and continue to fry for another 6-7 minutes.
3. Put seafood in a bowl, pour pasta on top and pour cream. Add a little water so that the products are covered with a layer of liquid. After that, turn on the spaghetti mode and wait. The device itself will let you know when the dish is ready.

It remains only to put on the plates aromatic seafood with pasta in a cream filling and sprinkle with grated cheese.